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Online Hate: An Introduction ![](/web/20070104013300im_/http://www.media-awareness.ca/francais/enseignants/education_aux_medias_canada/images/76814485.gif) The Internet has been rightly hailed as a groundbreaking interactive marketplace of ideas, in which anyone with the necessary hardware and software can set up a cyber-stall. But the downside of this unparalleled information exchange is that, alongside its many valuable online resources, the Net also offers a host of offensive materials – including hate materials – that attempt to inflame public opinion against certain groups of people. This section explores the ways in which hate-mongers use the Internet to promote their agenda, examines the line between hate speech and free speech, provides an overview of relevant legislation and voluntary industry codes, and suggests ways in which to safeguard children and teens. It is also the place to find seminal articles and the latest reports and surveys on the above issues. |
Ways of defining hate ![](/web/20070104013300im_/http://www.media-awareness.ca/images/dashes.gif)
Hate groups test the limits of freedom of online expression ![](/web/20070104013300im_/http://www.media-awareness.ca/images/dashes.gif)
Hate as defined by Canada's Criminal Code, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Human Rights Act, the Broadcasting Act and the Immigration Act ![](/web/20070104013300im_/http://www.media-awareness.ca/images/dashes.gif)
Characteristics of hate sites and the different strategies used to promote hate ![](/web/20070104013300im_/http://www.media-awareness.ca/images/dashes.gif)
Why and how young people are targeted by hate-mongers on the Internet ![](/web/20070104013300im_/http://www.media-awareness.ca/images/dashes.gif)
The role that filtering software, supervision and education can play ![](/web/20070104013300im_/http://www.media-awareness.ca/images/dashes.gif)
How to report hate encountered on the Internet ![](/web/20070104013300im_/http://www.media-awareness.ca/images/dashes.gif) |
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